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Old 05-25-07, 02:04 AM
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Which TV shows lasted too long?

The Cosby Show...

That and any Shark-jumping kid-adding show you can name.
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I think the Simpsons breaks the record. I can't believe i was in middle school when it came out, and i'm 32 now! That show is going to outlast me!
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I think you can argue based on the quality of season 3, Veronica Mars may have been better off getting canned after season 2. I'd also suggest that the year without ASP on Gilmore Girls was one year too many.

Tru Calling lasted about a season too long. The pity there, of course, was that it actually got to the point of executing the premise pretty well within the last 8 episodes or so (the last of the first season and the whole second season).
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The UK Coupling should've ended after Season 3.
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Another vote for X-files. Such a great series, but the thing that sticks with me the most about it is how it just limped across the finish line.
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Wow, I couldn't disagree more. That show was still golden in its final season, and it probably could have gone on for at least a few more if you ask me.


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X-Files of course and Happy Days.
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Wow, I couldn't disagree more. That show was still golden in its final season, and it probably could have gone on for at least a few more if you ask me.
I think the show should have been cancelled after the first episode. Overrated show Beyond belief. When people call Seinfeld the funniest, greatest show ever I wonder to myself if people have ever watched anything else besides it.
Sorry to go off-topic but good lord why do people find it the funniest show ever? Scrubs, The Larry Sanders show & newsradio-now those are the funniest most brilliant show on TV.

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That and any Shark-jumping kid-adding show you can name.
7th Heaven...
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Originally Posted by nateman241
Sorry to go off-topic but good lord why do people find it the funniest show ever? Scrubs, The Larry Sanders show & newsradio-now those are the funniest most brilliant show on TV.
It's hard to be objective anymore because nearly every show after Seinfeld has stolen something from it. Whether it is a little joke, an idea, a character, a scene, a particular delivery... it's hard for the original to stand out when it has been copied to death, and you don't even realize what you are watching was done before, and oftentimes better. It was the first of its kind. The original is always better than the copies.

Friends is the biggest offender. I can find something in a majority of episodes that was done before on Seinfeld.
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Originally Posted by Vipper II
Wow, I couldn't disagree more. That show was still golden in its final season, and it probably could have gone on for at least a few more if you ask me.
I love Seinfeld, but I think the last season was considerably weaker than the previous ones.

STILL, as the old cliche goes, it was better than most sitcoms on at the time.

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